Observation O’ The Day
\nNeighbors say this really is a quiet neighborhood…they say crime is practically unheard of, and they are stunned there was a deadly shooting.<\/p>\n
Smyrna homeowner shoots and kills man breaking into his home<\/a><\/p>\n SMYRNA, Ga.<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Smyrna<\/a>\u00a0police say a homeowner shot and killed a man who was breaking into his house Sunday evening.<\/p>\n First responders raced to the home near the corner of Lochlomand Lane and Highland Drive. Detectives immediately went to work. Police tape was visible along a dirt path which leads to the backyard of the house.<\/p>\n Police have not released the name of the homeowner or the man who was shot and killed.<\/p>\n Neighbors are stunned.<\/p>\n “That’s very terrifying to hear in this type of neighborhood,” said Paige Nowacki, who lives nearby.<\/p>\n Neighbors say this really is a quiet neighborhood. Just a couple of miles from Truist Park<\/a>, they say this is the kind of place where everybody waves to each other. They say crime is practically unheard of, and they are stunned there was a deadly shooting.<\/p>\n “People protecting their houses. It happens more times than not. I’m glad the homeowners are okay and protected themselves. Still, it’s terrifying,” said Nowacki.<\/p>\n “There’s going to be a million arguments on why it’s a good or bad thing or surprising or not,” said another neighbor, Dakota Jarrad.<\/p>\n Jarrad moved into the neighborhood last year. He says he works with firearms and is trained to know how to use them to protect himself.<\/p>\n “You get it for a sense of protection, but you don’t want to use it,” said Jarrad.<\/p>\n Police say the investigation is still underway. At this time, no charges have been filed against the homeowner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Observation O’ The Day Neighbors say this really is a quiet neighborhood…they say crime is practically unheard of, and they are stunned there was a deadly shooting. Smyrna homeowner shoots and kills man breaking into his home SMYRNA, Ga.\u00a0–\u00a0Smyrna\u00a0police say a homeowner shot and killed a man who was breaking into his house Sunday evening. … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-observation-o-the-day","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109159,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91968\/revisions\/109159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}